Pin-package



T. HARRISON.

PIN PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 27, I920- 1 79,624; Patented y 31, 1921.

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PIN-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented hilay 31, 11921.

Application filed March 27, 1920. Serial No. 369,310.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs HARRISON, of Weston, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for putting up pins for use, and my object is to devise a form of package which will be very compact relative to its capacity and which will present the pins in very convenient position for use.

I attain my object by means of the con structions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a side elevation of a pin package constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 an end elevation of the package, part of the pins being used;

Fig. 3 a cross section of the same on an enlarged scale; and

Fig. i a longitudinal section of part of the same illustrating the mode of operation.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

1 is a paper strip folded to form a series of pin-holding folds through which pins may be stuck. While some advantage may be attained in a package arranged generally as I show it by employing an ordinary arrangement of this paper strip, yet the best results are obtained by forming double folds 2 through which the pins are passed at 8 and 4, the strip being extended in each fold above the double part to a point '5, so that a foldable hinge strip 6 is provided connecting the top of one fold with the next adjacent fold at a point adjacent to but below the top, so that any given fold may readily swing out as in Fig. a to an inclined position limited by the hinge strip. The folded strip is set on a stiff cardboard strip 7 and the lower edges of the fold are glued to this strip as indicated at 8. It is preferable to bend up the ends of the cardboard strip 7 so as to form a sort of tray.

To each side of the folded paper strip when the latter is in its closed up form I glue paper padding strips 9, which strips are also preferably glued to the ends 10 of the cardboard strip. While the device is ready for use when made up as described, I prefer to cover it with a loose band 11 of paper, which will keep the other parts clean and serve for advertising and descriptive matter. At different points of its length, the cardboard strip 7 is provided with lines of weakness 12 along which the strip is easily bent or torn.

lVhen the pins are to be used, one of the cardboard ends 10 will be torn off at the first line of weakness 12. The paper padding strips are then broken to allow the first folds 2 of the paper strip to incline outwardly. The pins from the outer strips are thus presented with their heads in a convenient position to be grasped. lVhen the pins are used up in the outer folds, these may be torn off and corresponding portions torn off the cardboard strip 7. As one part of the cardboard strip is torn off, a portion of it may be bent up as indicated particularly in Fig. 4: to provide a support for the outer folds from which pins are being used.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A pin package comprising an integral paper strip folded to form a series of double pin holding folds through which pins may be stuck, and also folding hinges extending from the top of each fold to a point adjacent the top of the next fold, said pin holding folds normally lying parallel to one another and in close juxtaposition, with the hinge members doubled on themselves between their folds.

2. A pin package constructed as set forth in claim 1 provided with a stiff cardboard strip forming a tray receiving the folded paper strip in closed up form, the lower edges of the folds being glued to the cardboard strip.

3. A pin package constructed as set forth in claim 1 provided with a paper padding strip glued to the sides of the folded paper strip when the latter is in closed up form.

4. A pin package constructed as set forth in claim 1 provided with a stiff cardboard strip with bent up ends forming a tray re ceiving the folded paper strip in closed up form and paper padding strips glued to the sides of the folded paper strip and the bent up ends of the cardboard strip.

5. A pin package constructed as set forth in claim 1 provided with a stiff cardboard strip forming a tray receiving the folded paper strip in closed up form, the lower edges of the folds being glued to the cardboard strip, lines of weakness being formed at intervals transversely of the said strip.

6. A pin package constructed as set forth in claim 1 provided with a stiff cardboard strip forming a tray receiving the folded paper strip in closed up form, the lower edges of the folds being glued to the cardboard strip, and paper padding strips glued to the sides of the folded paper strip.

7. A pin package comprising an integral strip of paper folded to provide a series of pin holding folds through which pins may be stuck, and integral normally folded hinges connecting the folds; a stiff cardboard strip to which the lower edges of the folds are glued; and paper padding strips glued to the sides of the folded paper strip.

8. A pin package comprising a strip of paper folded to provide a series of pin holding folds hinged together and through which pins may be stuck; a stiff cardboard strip to which the lower edges of the folds are glued; and paper padding strips glued to the sides of the folded paper strip, lines of weakness being formed at intervals transversely of the cardboard strip.

9. A pin package comprising a strip of paper folded to provide a series of pin holding folds through which pins may be stuck, and integral normally folded hinges connecting the folds; a stiff cardboard strip to which the lower edges of the folds are glued and provided with turned up ends; andpaper padding strips glued to the sides of the folded paper strip and the turned up ends of the cardboard strip.

10. A pin package comprising a strip of paper folded to provide a series of pin holding folds hinged together and through which'pins may be stuck; a stiff cardboard strip to which the lower edges of the folds are glued and provided with turned up ends; and paper padding strips glued to the sides of the folded paper strip and the turned up ends of the cardboard strip, lines of weakness being formed at intervals transversely of the cardboard strip. 7

Signed at Toronto, Canada,

this 11th day of March, 1920.

THOMAS HARRISON. 

